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H.B.LYNC11. STORAGE FLGOR FOR PIPE 0R BAR IRON. No. 561,715. 11811611111111111116 9, 1896.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

HARRY l. LYNCH, OF MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO EDMUND C. CONVERSE, OE NEV YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,715, dated June 9, 1896.

Application filed April 8, 1895. Serial No. 544,931. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Beit known that I, HARRY B. LYNCH, a resident of McKeesport, in the county of Alle gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Storage-Floors for Pipe or Bar; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to storage-floors for pipe or round bar and cranes for handling same, its object being to provide a storageiloor in which a large mass of such pipe or bar may be stored in such position that it can be easily handled by means of the crane, so as to be carried therefrom-for example, in connection with pipe which are to be prepared for coating With metal, as more fully described in connection with an application for patent'filed of even date herewith, Serial No. 544,932-and so that pipe or bar of different sizes may be stored in separate piles, so as to be easily lifted bythe crane and car ried to the place for treatment.

In employing the invention I divide the storage-floor by posts into sections, and I also provide cross-bars extending along the iioor to support the pipe above the same, these posts and cross-bars being located at such points between the ends of the pile of pipes as to leave spaces for the passage of carryingcllains around the ends of the piles in the spaces formed by the posts and cross-bars so that the chains may be easily passed around the same and connected to the overhead crane and any particular pile of pipe desired lifted from the storage-floor and carried to the point of treatment or shipment; and I provide for building separate piles of pipes one upon the other by the employment of cross-bars adapted to rest on one pile and the extension of the separating-posts to suiiicient height to provide for holding such superimposed pile separate from others on the same floor.

To enable others skilled in the art to elnploy my invention, I will describe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawings, in Whichm Figure l is a side view of a storage-floor with the crane above the same, and Fig. 2 is a top or plan view thereof.

Like letters and numerals of reference indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The storage-floor illustrated is intended to be formed under the carrying-crane, Which travels over the separate piles of pipe or round bar transversely of the length of the piles. The iioor a has extending along it the crossbars ZJ, Which are preferably formed of heavy Wooden beams, extending for the full length of the floor high enough to give plenty of room to pass the chains around the ends of the piles, as at b. As shown in Fig. 2, these cross bars or beams are placed some distance back from the ends of the pipe restingthereon.

To separate the floor into separate spaces, I sink or drive into the same the separatingposts o, Which are preferably formed of pipe, so as to provide sockets at their upper ends to receive other removable posts-such as posts d and the posts e in the upper ends of such posts, if desiredso as to provide for the building up of any desired number of piles one upon the other. I prefer to employ each such post about the height of a single pile of pipe, as it provides for the easier handling of the pipe, overcoming the necessity of lifting any one pile to any greater height than simply to clear the separating-posts coniining it. As shown in the drawings, these posts are placed some distance back from the ends of the piles, the posts being so located to give free access for the passage of the chains inwardly from the ends of the piles. The series of posts serve to divide the storage-loor into sections, as shown, the pipe being piled on each side of each post, leaving, therefore, spaces f between the piles corresponding to the thickness of the posts. In this Way the storage-oor does not occupy more space than that actually required for the storing of pipe and the separating of the piles by means of posts, and a very large amount of pipe can be stored on the floor, the pipes of different sizes bein g kept in separate piles and in position Afor quick handling by the crane.

The pipe can be stored in piles, one upon the other, shown, by simply employing extra cross-bars resting on one pile, as at g, upon Which the superincumbent pile is placed,

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as shown, and as many'pilesas can be handled by the overhead crane canv thus be formed, one upon another, the drawings showing three such piles, as at 1, 2, and 3 to the left of Fig. l. The cross-bars g, of course, are of suiiicient Width to form spaces, as at z', for the passage of the carrying-chains bctween the piles, while the posts separate the piles, as above stated.

The overhead crane 7L may be of any suitable construction and operated by any suitable power, and it is not considered necessary to illustrate it in detail. It travels on the track k, supported onsuitable columns 7c', which, as shown, extend along at each end of the floor, and its movement is transverse to the length of the piles on the storage-door. Depending from the crane 7L are the liftingchains l, having one end attached to the cranebody and thence passing down around a pipe-carrier m and extending up to a sheave h on the crane. The construction of the pipe-carrier is shown in Fig. 2 and in the end view in Fig. 1, the pipe-carrier having a sleeve n thereon, having double hooks 'n' depending therefrom with which the carryingchains p engage.

The carrying-chains p are passed from the lends of the piles Within the spaces formed between the piles, suchas within the spaces 1l and ff in raising the pile with which the chains engage in Fig. 1, or endwise into the horizontal spaces D and the vertical spaces f f in lifting a pile from the floor, being passed from the ends of the piles into such spaces, and the chains then being hooked onto the double hook n. By means of the crane h the pile of pipe is then lifted from the storage-floor and may be carried to any point desired, being carried transversely of the length of the pile, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. I. In the same manner the pipe may be carried to the storage-floor for storage from the car by which it is brought to the works.

Such storage-door thus provides for the storing of a large body of pipe or bar in a comparatively small space, because no more room is required than the actual length of the pipe or bar and sufficient space to pass the chains around the ends of the piles, and there is no lost room except for the spaces between the pipes for the handling of the chains, while, as illustrated, the piles may be built up one above the other, and the crane combined with the storage-floor provides for the handling of the pipe in this small space. I am also enabled to keep different sizes of pipe in separate piles, and I provide for the `quick handling of the pipe in large bodies,

such asin pilesof several tons weight, and

accomplish this work by machinery, so reducing the labor in the handling of the pipe or bar.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. A storage-door for pipe or round bar having cross-bars extending along the same to hold the pipe above the floor, posts dividing the floor into sections and so forming spaces for the passa-ge of the chains from the ends around the piles, removable cross-bars adapted to rest upon one pile and form supports for another pile placed thereon, and an overhead crane having chains depending therefrom and adapted to pass-from the ends around any pile of pipe in the spaces formed by the posts and cross-bars, substantially as set forth.

2. A storage-floor for pipe or round bar having cross-bars extending along the same to hold the pipe above the floor, posts dividing it into sections, and having cross-bars adapted to rest on one pile and support another pile thereon, the posts being formed in sections removable one from the other, sub stantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I, the said HARRY B. LYNCH, have hereunto set my hand.

HARRY B. LYNCH. VitnesseS:

JAMES I. KAY, ROBERT C. ToTTEN. 

